Tag Archives: Fulani herdsmen

They burn my farm every year so that fresh grass can grow for their cattle to eat, Falae says This is the third time they’ll be setting my farm ablaze Some people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Sunday reportedly attacked the farm of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. The farm is located ...

The Nigeria Military have lunched Operation Accord to end the bloodshed that has resulted from the Fulani Herdsmen attack on Southern communities. The Military began the Operation as a way to curtail the Fulani Herdsmen attack which has claimed many lives in the past, with the recent being the Benue Attack some days ago. This was disclosed yesterday by the ...

Following reported attack by Fulani herdsmen resulting in the death of six persons in Tambor Jumor community of Girei Local Government Area, penultimate Wednesday, palpable fear of further attacks by herdsmen now pervades Adamawa State. According to report, the suspected herdsmen invaded the villages in the wee hours of Wednesday killing six persons, while many others were injured. Though the ...

Following the invasion of communities by Militants and Fulani Herdsmen, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Fatai Owoseni said residents of the invaded communities have lost trust in Police formation. He made this known through the Chief Superintendent of Police, Olusegun Ajamolaya. He spoke yesterday at the City Hall, Lagos, venue of the 2016 Stakeholders Forum organised by the Office of ...

Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Yoruba socio-cultural group has condemned fatal attacks on Yorubaland and its people as well as other non-indigenous inhabitants by Fulani herdsmen and Niger-Delta militants. In a statement signed by the spokesperson of its National Coordinating Council (NCC), Comrade Sina Akinpelu, the group says enough is enough. According to Akinpelu, the OPC is able and ever ready to match force ...

Three days after Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom’s met with stakeholders on how to tackle attacks; Suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen raided four villages and killed 13 persons in two local government areas of Logo and Ukum in Benue state. The Benue State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Moses Yamu, confirmed that four people were killed in the Vaase community ...

A source in Ilewo-Orile community in Ogun State, disclosed that the Fulani Herdsmen killed three persons during recent attack on the community. According to the source, “Philip was killed on Friday night after suspected herdsmen accosted him and snatched his motorcycle, mobile phone and some money. “Philip is an Egun man. He went to work on Friday but didn’t return. ...

A first class traditional ruler in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, on Wednesday called for understanding among farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the country in order to boost food security. The authorities blame nomadic Fulani tribesmen for an increasing number of kidnappings for ransom in northern Nigeria. Abdullahi, who is the Ohimegye Opanda of the state, made the call in ...

The Nasarawa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a herdsman who allegedly stabbed a farmer identified as Nasiru Mohammed to death, following an argument over the invasion of a farm. The herdsman’s cattle had strayed into Mohammed’s farm at Angwan Arimi in Bassa Village, Kokona LGA of the state and destroyed his farm crops. ...

11 Nigerian States that provided 55,000 hectares for the establishment of ranches aimed at curbing farmers and pastoralists clashes in their states has finally been unveiled. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh made this known at a news conference in Abuja, yesterday. Ogbeh said of all enterprise in the livestock sector, only the poultry industry achieved an appreciable ...